Tag Archives: 1960

The Banjo Kings were among the hardly any (only if) groups recorded by the nice Period Jazz label in the 1950s that may be considered a little corny. Created by banjoists Dick Roberts and Crimson Roundtree in 1951, the music group experienced either Joe Heimlich, Ernie Anderson or Vito Mumolo …

The Blue Guys were a short-lived group that got the billing using one of producer Joe Meek’s strangest recordings, the We Hear a fresh Globe album, which simulated the sound of extraterrestrial lifestyle with then-futuristic special effects and campy music. They grew away from a skiffle group, the Western world …

Alfred Aloha Apaka (1919 — 1960) was among the important performers in the annals of Hawaii’s well-known music. Although he documented for under ten years, Apaka arranged the requirements for contemporary Hawaiian music along with his joyful, baritone vocals and extremely entertaining shows. In his publication, Hawaiian Music and Music …

Requirements and pre-rock vocalist who also recorded in mid-’50s for Bethlehem. What may have been some interesting past due ’50s materials for Atlantic with Ruler Curtis, Al Casey as well as the Cumming Sisters by no means was released.

In a relatively complicated situation, Daddy “G” & the Church Street Five are virtually synonymous using the band referred to as the Church Street Five. The Cathedral Road Five were the home music group for Legrand Information, playing in the early-’60s Frank Guida-produced strikes by Gary “U.S.” Bonds and Jimmy …

Blues harpist Forest Town Joe was heavily influenced by John Lee “Sonny Young man” Williamson. He not merely performed like him, but sang like him aswell. Unlike his idol, nevertheless, who was simply murdered on June 1, 1948, Joe resided long plenty of to record for the Chess brothers in …

Ritchie is most beneficial referred to as the bassist from the Violent Femmes. He offers recorded several single albums discovering a very much wider selection of music than his regular music group, concentrating specifically on folk, jazz, and globe music designs. His voice is definitely nothing at all to marvel …

Guitarist Burkhard Stangl was created in 1960. He examined classical electric guitar and music ethnology, and it has constructed an opera (Der Venusmond, whose 1997 premiere was performed atop the Empire Condition Building) furthermore to launching CDs over the Hat Artwork, Extraplatte, and Random Acoustics brands. By the end from …

The German Bach Soloists certainly are a world-renowned instrumental, and sometimes vocal, ensemble that focuses on performing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. The group in addition has recorded functions by composers such as for example Georg Philipp Telemann, Joseph Fiala, Domenico Scarlatti, furthermore to violin concertos of Mozart. Even …

The Showmen were among the R&B groups to bridge the gap between doo wop and soul in the first ’60s, developing a buoyant, energetic fusion of harmonies and propulsive R&B beats. The group just had one strike, “IT’LL Stand,” which charted both in 1961 and in 1964, but their lead …